Cooke, Jacob Earnest, et al, eds. Encyclopedia of the North American
Colonies. 3 vols. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1993.
This set is divided into 17 parts, including "Colonial Settings,"
"Labor Systems," "The Social Fabric," "Folkways," "Families and the Life
Course," "The Arts," "Education," "Religion," etc. Find "women" in the
index in volume three for an extensive list of subtopics.